Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 160Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, published in 2019.

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Takes note of the status of contributions to the United Nations Mission in Liberia as at 30 April 2019, including the contributions outstanding in the amount of 12.8 million United States dollars, representing some 0.2 per cent of the total assessed contributions, notes with concern that only 141 Member States have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States, in particular those in arrears, to ensure payment of their outstanding assessed contributions;

Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have paid their assessed contributions in full, and urges all other Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Mission in full;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to draw on lessons learned and best practices for future drawdowns and closures;

Welcomes the capacity-building programme for national staff, and encourages the Secretary-General to implement similar programmes for future closing missions;

Stresses the important contribution of experienced staff, in particular the national staff, during the drawdown and the liquidation of the Mission;

Encourages the Mission to continue to assist national staff in their transition to future professional careers outside the Mission, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon;

Requests the Secretary-General to identify the optimal level of personnel resources and corresponding skill sets necessary to effectively and efficiently draw down and liquidate a closing mission, taking into consideration the experience of existing personnel;

Recalls paragraph 7 of the report of the Advisory Committee, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to more closely analyse costing assumptions associated with closing missions to provide a more realistic budgeting methodology for future missions undergoing drawdown and liquidation, and to ensure that relevant departments and support structures are involved with the monitoring and oversight of the liquidation process in missions from an early stage;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to identify and address on time and in full all the residual activities, including unforeseen liabilities identified after the closure of the Mission, and stresses the importance of informing contractors of the settlement of any residual claims;

Also requests the Secretary-General in future mission liquidation plans to include a risk assessment, mitigation measures and, in the case of theft, appropriate steps to recover stolen assets, and to ensure that the relevant staff and financial regulations and rules are applied in any future cases of loss or theft of assets;

Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to reduce the overall environmental footprint of the Mission in cooperation with the Liberian authorities, and stresses the necessity to further ensure that all relevant measures are taken in line with the respective regulations and rules in order to ensure an environmentally responsible closure of the Mission;

Budget performance report for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget performance of the Mission for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018;1

Also takes note of the amount of 6,614,700 dollars comprising the unencumbered balance of 385,100 dollars in respect of the financial period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, as well as the other revenue and adjustments in the amount of 6,229,600 dollars in respect of the same period, and decides to defer action thereon until it considers the final performance report of the Mission;

Further takes note of the amount of 405,100 dollars representing the increase in estimated staff assessment revenue in respect of the financial period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, and decides to defer action thereon until it considers the final performance report of the Mission;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia”.

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Budget performance report for the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

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